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Written Question
Higher Education: Hong Kong
Friday 28th January 2022

Asked by: Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative - Chingford and Woodford Green)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made representations to universities in the UK that have (a) awarded honorary doctorates and (b) otherwise honoured members of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government in the context of its role in the Government-acknowledged ongoing breach of the Sino-British Declaration in Hong Kong.

Answered by Michelle Donelan - Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

The department has not made representations to universities in the UK in the context as described. It is for universities as autonomous institutions to make their own judgement calls, in line with our laws. We continue to recommend that university due diligence processes, including regarding appointments, should consider reputational, ethical and security risks.